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Newest firstBackgroundAlthough substance use disorders are increasingly recognized in the Republic of Korea (South Korea), empirical data on the prevalence and characteristics of drug use among treatment-seeking populations remain limited. This study examined the rate and temporal patterns of major psychoactive substance use—specifically sedatives/hypnotics/tranquilizers (sedatives), amphetamines, and marijuana/cannabis (cann…
Open article record in new tab ↗Public healthcare databases in South Korea have been distributed across disparate government agencies, requiring researchers to navigate multiple, separate institutional approval processes for data linkage. To address the systemic inefficiency, the Healthcare Big Data Linkage Platform (HCDL), jointly administered by NECA and KHIS, was established to integrate 13 databases from 10 public institutions through a Trus…
Open article record in new tab ↗BACKGROUND: Illegal drug use has long been a global concern. Taiwan and Korea are geographically adjacent and both countries have experienced the illegal use problems of methamphetamine, a predominant prototype of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS). NPS, a term coined by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in recent years, have not been scrutinized for their safety and may become a new threat to pu…
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